General optical limiting requirements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3472, Issue , 1998, Pages 24-29

  Miller, Mary J ^a   Mott, Andrew G ^a   Ketchel, Brian P ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical limiting; Requirements; Sensor protection

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

LASER RADIATION; OPTICAL LIMITING DEVICES; SENSOR PROTECTION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032404932     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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